Tilling implement



C. E. WHITE.

TILLING IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, 1918.

Patentefi Get. 117, 11922,

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C. E. WHITE.

TILLING IMPLEMENT. APPLICATION FILED ov 22, 191B.

Patented Oct. 17, 1922, 4 SHEETSSHEET 2.

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C. E. WHIT-E.

TILLING IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, 191B.

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Inuferm C. E. WHITE.

TILLING IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, I918 lLAszmca, Patented Oct. 17,1922.

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Application filed Eovemter 22. 11918. aerial Ito; 268.6919.

plements, and has particularly to do with implements, such as barrows, used for breaking up and levelling plowed land. It

has for its object to provide an improved implement of this character which will level the soil and leave it approximately pulverized, and in which side draft will be practically eliminated; also to provide an implement of this description arranged to coopcrate with and be drawn by a. tractor, and

which will be so constructed that the position of the soil pulveri'zin devices may be conveniently adjusted by t e operator who drives the tractor without necessitating hisdismounting therefrom. T accomplish these objects as illustrated in the drawings and as hereinafter described. What I regard as new will be set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of my improved implement, some parts being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the rear portion thereof;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section on line ls-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a partial vertical cross section on line 5-5 of Fig. 4:;

Fig. 6 is a partial horizontal section on line 6-6 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 7 is a partial plan view showing a sli htly diflerent arrangement of the soiltil ing discs; and

Fig. 8 is a partial vertical section view on line 8-8 of Fig. 7.

Referring to the drawings :-9 indicates the frame of the tractor, 10 the traction wheels thereof, which are mounted on an axle 11. and 12 the front or steering wheels. The tractor shown in the drawings is preferably similar to that shown and described in my pending application, Serial No. 258,007, filed October 14, 1918, for improvements in harvesting machines. in which the.

' tractor is driven by a steam engine, and

is provided with means driven by the engine for steering the front wheels to turn the machine through a predetermined arc, and also with hand operated means for steering said wheels. So far as my present invention is concerned, however, it may be used with any other suitable type of tractor.

13 indicates a hand operated steering wheel which, as shown in Fig. 1, is located conveniently to the drivers seat 14.

a 15-16 indicate two series of concavoconvex discs which, as shown in Fig. 1, are arranged in two parallel rows disposed transversely of the implement, one row .being behind the other and a short distance therefrom. These two series of discs are mounted in a-frame composed of transverse bars 17-18-19-20, and end bars 21-22 and intermediate bars 23-24 to which said transverse bars are rigidly connected. The intermediate bars 23-24 extend a short distance forward from the transverse bar 17. as shown in Fig. 2, and serve as means for attaching draft bars 25-26 to the rear or disc frame. As shown in Fig. 2, the draft bars 26 are pivotally connected at their rear ends by pivots 27 with standards 28 which are secured to and rise from the bars 23-24, and the forward ends of said draft bars are provided with sleeves 29-30 which fit upon the ends of the axle 11-, as shown in Fig. 1. Thus the draft is transmittedto the near frame through said draft bars, As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the forward end portions of the bars 23-24 are provided with yokes 31-32, between which the draft bars 25- 26 pass, and said yokes are provided with aseries of holes 33 adapted to receive transverse pins 34-35 which extend over or through the draft bars, as shown in Fig. 2. By this means the angular position of the rear, frame with relation to the draft bars may be adjusted for the purpose of raising or lowering the front series of discs with relation to the rearseries.

The rear frame is provided with two wheels 36-37 placed between the two series of discs and mounted upon a transverse shaft or axle 38, as shown in Fig. 1. Said shaft is connected with the rear frame by links 39-40, shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The links are connected at their upper ends to pivots 41, carried by brackets 42 secured to the transverse bar 19, and at their lower or forward ends they are connected by pivots ms t . 43 with cranks 44 loosely mounted on the end portions of the axle 38. The links 40 are pivotally connected with the transverse bar 18 by pivots 45 mounted in brackets 46 secured to said transverse bar. The lower or rear ends of the links 40 are connected by pivots 47 with cranks 48, also loosely mountedonthe end portions of the axle 38. The two cranks 4448 are in fixed relation to each other, and preferably they are made integral with each other in the form of a cross-head mounted intermediately upon said axle. The links 39-40 serve to hold the the, axle 38 in position between the bars 1819,' while at the same time vertical adjustment of the rear frame with relation to said axle is permitted. For the purpose of vertically adjusting the rear frame, I provide a transverse shaft 49, which is mounted upon inverted U-shaped brackets 50-51-52 secured to the transverse bars 18-19, as shown in Fig. 1, and carries a worm gear 53, as shown in Fig. 4. Said shaft is also provided with a crank 54 connected by a pitman 55 with the axle 38. 56 indicates .a worm which is mounted on the lower end of an operating shaft 57 and meshes with the worm ar 53, as shown in Fig. 4; The shaft- 5 extends over the rear portion of the tractor frame to within easy reach of the drivers seat, and is provided with a crank 58, by which it may be rotated. 59 indicates an intermediate brace for the shaft 57 which rises. from and is secured to the transverse bar 17. As will be seen from a comparison of Figs. 2, 3, and 4, when the rear frame is in its lowermost or operative position, the lower edges of the discs extend a considerable distance below the tread portions of the wheels 36-37, and at that time the crank 54 forms a pronounced angle withthe pitman 55. By rotating the shaft 49 in a counterclockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 4, the crank 54 may be brou ht into alinement with the pitman 55, as s own in Fig. 3, thereby lifting the rearframe and the discs carried by it out of operative position. The links 39-40 serve to hold the axle 38 in position as above described, while at the same time they (permit the rear frame to be raised and lowere without changing the fore and aft relation of the wheels relatively thereto. They also permit the rear frame to rock about the axle 38 as an axis to raise or lower one series of the discs with relation to a the other. The worm and worm gear are made substantially irreversible so that the use of locking devices to'hold the frame in its elevated position is unnecessary.

As shown in Fig. 1, the discs of one series are set oppositely with reference to the discs of the ot er series. That is to say, if the concavo-convex surface of the discs of the front series face to the right, the corresponding surfaces of the discs of the rear series clined position,

rece es face to the left. By this construction, not only is side draft practically eliminated, but also the soil is left substantially level as the two series of discs neutralize" each other, since they throw the dirt in opposite directions. The rear frame,therefore, properly follows the tractor without substantial lateral strain upon the draft bars and their connections. In Fig. 7 I have shown a modified arrangement of the draft devices, in, which, instead of using the two separate draft bars 25-26, I employ a U-sha ed draft bar 60 which is pivotally connecte to a bracket 61 secured to therear frame of the tractor by a pivot 62, adj ustably attached to the bracket 61, and a block 62 ad'ustably secured to the draft bar, as shown. hus the point of attachment of the rear frame to the tractor frame may be laterally adjusted either relatively to the tractor frame or relatively to the rear frame) In the con-v ranged in pairs, the iscs of each pair being" points further back? mounted upon spin les 64-65 secured at opposite sides of a standard 66 in staggered relation to each other.- This standard is provided at its upper end with a horizontallyedisposed socket member 67 which re-" ceives and is secured to a cross bar 68, the

ends of which are fixedly connected with one of the pairs of parallel bars as 17--18.

As clearly shown in Fig. 1, one of these bars 68 is provided for each pair of discs.

In addition to supporting the standards 66, the bars 68 also serve as braces for the pairs of transverse bars, thus increasing the stren h and rigidit of the rear frame. The iscs shown in ig. 1 are disposed perpendicularly to the surface of the ground, but, if desired, they may be set in an in as shown in Figs. 7-8, in which case, instead of using substantially straight standards 66, I employ curved standards 69, as shown in Fig. 8, the construction in other respects being the same. Each of the'discs is provided with a scraper 70 formed of a curved elastic plate arranged to hear at one end against the concave surface of the disc, as shown in Fig. 4. The curved shank of the scraper is mounted upon a holt'71 screwed into a bracket 72 secured to the transverse bar 18 or 20, as shown in Fig. 1. A spring 73 is mountedon the bolt 71 between the head of said bolt and the shank of the scraper so that it opernaarse ates to yieldif gly press the shank of the scraper against the bracket 72, thereby tending to rock said scra er so that its crating edge bearsyielding y against the 186, As shown in Fig. 5, the bracket 72 extends down some distance below the bolt 71, and

the shank of the scraper is fulcrumed inter- I wheels mediately upon the downwardly-extending portion of the bracket so that the scraper operates after the manner of a lever. lit is obvious that by adjusting the bolt 71, the pressure of the scraper against the disc may be varied. A 1

What I claim as m invention and desire to secure by Letters. atent, is

1. A tilling implement comprising a frame, front and rear series of discs mounted in said frame and disposed transversely of the implement, and means mounted in said frame'between the end por tions thereof and between said series .of discs for controlling the omrating height of said discs.

2. A tilling implement comprising a frame, front and rear series .of discs mounted in said frame and disposed transversely of the implement, wheels mounted in said frame between the end portions thereof and between said series of discs, and means for raising or lowering said frame with relation to said wheels.

3. A tilling implement oomprisin a frame, front and rear series of iscs mounted in said frame and disposed in parallel rows arranged transvei'sely of the frame, front and rear series of discs mounted in said-frame'and disposed traversely of the implement, a shaft mounted r in said frame between said series of discs and extending transversely of the imple ment, wheels mounted on said shaft, 0

extending cranks carried by said 7. A tilling implement comprising a rigid,

frame, front and rear series of. concavoconvex discs fixedly mounted in said frame and disposed in parallel rows arranged transversely of the implement, the discs in the rear row being set at an opposite angle to the line of draft with reference to the corresponding discs in the front row, and wheelsmounted in said frame between the end portions thereof and between said rows of discs. v

8. A tilling implement comprising a rigid frame, front and rear series of concavoconvex discs fixedly mounted in said frame and disposed in parallel rows arranged transversely of the implement, the discs in the rear row being set at an opposite angle to the line of draft with reference to the corresponding discs in the front row, wheels mounted in said frame between the end portions thereof and between said rows of discs, and means for verticall adjusting said frame with reference to said wheels.

9. A tilling implement comprising a rigid implement, wheels mounted in said frame\ frame having front, rear and end members,

between the end portions thereof and between said series of discs, and means for moving said frame vertically with reference to said wheels.

d. A tilling implement comprising a frame, front and rear series of discs mounted to move. vertically therewith and disposed transversely of the implement, intermediately supporting said. frame, means for raising or lowering said frame with relation to said wheels, and means for maintaining the wheels in constant fore and aft relation to said frame.

5. A tilling implement comprising a frame, front and rear series of discs mounted to move vertically with said frame and disposed transversely of the implement, a. shaft mounted in saidframe between said series of discs and extending transversely of the implement, wheels mounted on said shaft, means for raising or lowering said frame with reference to said wheels, oppositely extending cranks "carried by said shaft, and links connecting said cranks with said frame at opposite sides of said shaft, whereby the wheels maintain a constant fore and aft position with reference to said frame.

6. A tilling implement comprising a tively at intervals with the front and rear members of the frame, standards secured to said cross-bars, and discs carried. by said standards.

10. A tilling implement comprising a rigid frame, transverse cross-bars adjacent to the front and rear members of said frame,

, disc supportin bars connecting said crossbars respective y at intervals with the front and rear members of the frame, standards secured to said cross-bars, and pairs of discs secured to each of said standards.

11. A tilling implement comprising a rigid frame, transverse cross-bars ad'acent to the front and rear members of said ame, disc supportin bars connecting said cross bars respective vat intervals with the front and rear members of the frame, standards I secured to said cross-bars, and pairs of discs secured to each OfSdld. standards in offset relation to each other.

12. A tilling implement comprising a:-

rigid frame, draft devices adapted to con nect said frame with a tracton-front and rear series of d1scs;mounted in said frame Memes rear series of discs mounted in said frame and disposed transversely of the implement, wheels mounted on said frame between the end ortions thereof and between said series of iscs, and forwardi extending means adapted to be operated rem the tractor for raising or lowering said frame with reference to said wheels.

1 CHARLES E. ITE. 

